To be honest that doesn't seem to bad, you can always sell the bits you don't use :ok:

If that one at the breakers is the same colour code, then i'd jump on the £850 bundle. You'd be spending that again at a half decent bodyshop if it all needed painting...

Just noticed you didn't list bonnet in your post, it'd be cheaper to get that off the breaker if he has it too than get a bodyshop to work on yours.

Another consideration - save the £65 pallet delivery and go and collect, even if its a few hours away? Bodywork on a pallet can be easily damaged in transit, i'd rather load a car/van up and pad it out/protect paintwork properly. :)

Wise words :ok:

Look at Johnson's accident repair in Burgess Hill area. He'll give you a free quote.

He's fixed a lot worse for me and my dad before, and he's very reasonable and fantastic job too.

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Jumped on the £850 as it's all in same colour. It would probably cost more than the pallet delivery to hire a van and drive up there so that's sorted now. As for the bonnet, that's getting straightened out by a guy my next door neighbour knows, he owns a body shop. This has been an expensive and **** day!

Ouch!

Glad you are getting it sorted, it was slippery around Dartford this morning at 06:30 but I'm blaming the Toyo ' s :wink: on my wagon :-D

I am and I'll be glad when this is behind me, this is just eating into my coilovers and wheels money! :cry:

Such a shame, especially when it comes out of the blue on an icy morning. I hope you get everything fixed up easily and as pain free as possible.

Thanks Rob. The parts are bought now, luckily Baron found a breaker on eBay for me. He had a whole Silver Wagon for spares. I just hope they arrive soon as I hate the waiting game! Just want it back on the road asap. :cry:

Fingers crossed for you man!

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Thanks George! Hopefully she comes back better than ever out of this...

Hard luck, glad you have found bits already. I keep missing out on bits in the correct colour for my wagon (not a Hawk, so we're not competing at least!)

They're very hard to come by!

Little bit of an update on the repair, the body panels arrived yesterday.

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They're not quite the right colour, I think they're more grey than silver. However the body shop that is going to repair the bonnet will pick them up tomorrow and prep them for a spray.

Also a bit of a Brucey bonus... the new front bumper came with Zunsport grilles on the top and bottom! Winner. :-D:ok:

Result indeed

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Result but the DC2 tho????

She has to go I'm afraid :cry: Don't really have the time or space to do anything with her so I'm trying to get the motivation together to get her sold. :cry::cry:

So today saw the replacement panels being taken to the bodyshop for a prep and spray up, the car will go sometime next week.

New number plates arrived today... with a little bling ;-)

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Figured they're more permanent than a sticker :-)

Nice touch :ok:

:-D Haha cheers Ryan. It's just one of those silly little touches!

Shame about the damage on the car.... good to see you got good replacements; should be good as new when you get the bumpers back :doubleup:

Cannot wait! I miss driving something faster than a 1.0!

Good evening folks! Finally after months of waiting, the Scoob lives and drives once again! Picked her up this evening, cost a pretty penny but Barry has done an incredible job getting her back to standard. Even threw in some new parking sensors for free because he took longer than he'd hoped! I'll let the pictures do the talking...

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The bumpers, wing and headlight were second hand but the bonnet is original, Barry managed to do a fantastic job getting the crease out of the bonnet and removing so many dents from previous push-closes. Refer to the crash pics on page 1 for a comparison! I really didn't think it would ever look this good again but here we are! The Zunsport grille really makes the front end, just need a splitter now to finish her off nicely! One happy boy.

I think next on the cards is having the tailgate resprayed and debadged, will completely change the look of the rear end.

Great job done there :ok:

Cheers Ryan, feels so gooooood to be driving her again. Lessons learnt, don't drive in the cold and icy! Looks so much better than before, can't wait to get out to a meet again. :ok:

So glad you are back up and running after what must have been a pretty pants few months. Car is looking right back up to scratch.

It's so good having four cylinders and 262 BHP! I love driving my missus car but it's a 1.0 and 3cyl haha. So happy with the work that has been done, a little more than I expected but worth it. :ok:

Update time!

It's been a very crap 2018 for me going through a divorce, working non stop etc so now I'm free of the wife's tyranny it's time to spend some money on the Scoob!

Myself and SamSTI on this forum have known each other since school and he offered to sell me an Afterburner De-cat downpipe and middle pipe for a bargain!

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As you can see, they are IMMACULATE. The downpipe was only fitted to Sam's car for a few hundred miles and he took it off because it was too loud for a track day.

On top of that I bought myself a Walbro 255lph fuel pump from Scoobyworld.

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The car is booked into SMD in Newhaven on the 5th February to have the above fitted, also fitting some Tein lowering springs whilst she's there.

On the 7th the car is booked in with Duncan Graham and Surrey Rolling Road for a remap, I'm so excited!

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Glad things are improving for you mate and can’t wait to see the finished result :ok:

Morning Ryan! :-D Thanks mate, I'm like a kid in a sweet shop at the moment, not sure on the exact figures of torque but my car is currently running at 261.7BHP so hopefully these new mods will free up some more power.

As for the lowering springs, I saw a really nice Black Blob WRX in Halfrauds the other day sitting on a set and it looked sexy as fook. That swayed me.

Now all I need is a lovely brand new set of 17's and she's looking good. Not sure whether I want Rota or Prodrive...

I only went into Halfords for some wheel cleaner!

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Spot the difference...

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Much better :ok:

Also, forgot about the interior bits I bought a few weeks back to tidy up the center console...

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WRX gearknob from Scoobyworld and an unbranded leather gaiter from our good old friendly marketplace, eBay.
I have some 4D carbon effect vinyl wrap ready to cover the silver bits and pieces, that will be sorted out when time allows.

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Snazzy :ok:

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Ok, so I had a little time this evening once the little boy went to sleep so I decided to try my hand at vinyl wrapping the centre console fascias. This is the first time I've ever tried anything like this, took me about an hour altogether.

I took the gearknob surround plastic out of the car very easily, it literally just pops out. Popped out the clips holding the gaiter leather in place and it was free to come out the car...

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I bought some 4D carbon effect wrap a little while ago on eBay, kept putting this off but I watched a few videos on YouTube on how to do this... it's actually quite simple. I cut the wrap to size probably a good few inches larger than I actually needed to give me some wiggle room.

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I started off by removing the protective film on the front of the wrap, removed the backing paper and carefully followed the main contour of the plastic. Once it was in place I started gently heating it with a heat gun, on a low setting so I didn't overheat/damage the wrap or plastic. It only needed about a second or so and you can start to see it taking shape, using the squeegee supplied I dragged the bubbles out whilst it was still warm.

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Continued heating it for a second, stretching it around the plastic and squeegeeing the bubbles out. Once the wrap cools, it semi hardens and feels like it's almost vacuum formed.

Once enough was around the edges and smoothed out as much as I could I trimmed it, I figured once the plastic was back in place it would hold the wrap in position on the underneaths so I wasn't really too fussed about it. I cut a big 'X' into the void spaces for the gearknob and the ashtray and did the same as before.

Using a sharp stanley knife I 'traced' the outline of the plastic to trim off the excess wrap. Put the ashtray back in and admired my handiwork!

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The only thing that is bothering me is one corner I never managed to get the bubbles out no matter how many times I heated and squeegee'd. It's not massively noticeable but I know it's there so it bugs me.

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And back in the car...

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Mush better now! I'll finish the other ones tomorrow...

I didn't fancy trying to wrap the ashtray cover as it has too many moving parts so I may just spray it Gloss Black so it doesn't stand out too much.

Thanks for looking! :ok:

Very tidy job mate :ok: I like that!